From new-httpd-owner-new-httpd-archive=hyperreal.org@apache.org Mon Jan 12 01:11:25 1998 Return-Path: Delivered-To: new-httpd-archive@hyperreal.org Received: (qmail 9849 invoked by uid 6000); 12 Jan 1998 01:11:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 9843 invoked from network); 12 Jan 1998 01:11:24 -0000 Received: from saga19.stanford.edu (171.64.15.149) by taz.hyperreal.org with SMTP; 12 Jan 1998 01:11:24 -0000 Received: (from akosut@localhost) by saga19.Stanford.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.4) id RAA06559; Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:11:17 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:11:16 -0800 (PST) From: Alexei Kosut To: new-httpd@apache.org Subject: Re: The Apache Group's 1st order of business In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: new-httpd-owner@apache.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: new-httpd@apache.org On Sun, 11 Jan 1998, Rob Hartill wrote: > A slow 2.0 will mean a long shelflife for 1.3, which means people > spending time on both trees instead of 2.0. That's what we have with > 1.2 and 1.3 now. My point is that without a plan to get 2.0 out in under > 3 months (say), 1.3 will need supporting and that'll slow down 2.0 which > means 1.3 needs yet more support and so on. Regardless, I don't think this has any bearing on the current discussion. Consider: Apache 1.3 will need X amount of time to be released if we do not work on 2.0 consecutively. If we also work on 2.0, Apache 1.3 will need X' time to be released, with X' < X if we stick with only bug and Win32 fixes. Apache 2.0 will take Y amount of time to be completed if we start coding it after 1.3.0 ships. It will take Y' time if we start now. It is probable that Y' > Y, but I would venture to say that X + Y < Y' (note that Y' > X' by definition). And that Y' - X' < Y. Now, X, X', Y and Y' are all dependent on many factors, but the above analysis suggests that starting a 2.0 branch now, even with no plan or schedule whatsoever, will mean *less* shelf time for 1.3, not more, as you suggest. And, honestly, once we have a 1.3.0 we like, I don't think we'll spend much time maintaining it. -- Alexei Kosut Stanford University, Class of 2001 * Apache *